Bamboo Events Desk
12th May 2006, 09:06 PM
Bamboo Workshop - Exploring the Myth, the Legend, the Truth
press release:
On 10 June 2006, a Bamboo workshop hosted by SLV Resource, Conservation & Development and Colorado Gators will be held at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. The goal of the workshop is to share with the participants the myth, the legend, and the truth of Bamboo.
Bamboo is mystical; it’s exotic; it’s strange; it’s foreign. It’ll take over the world! It starts running, spreading and you can’t stop it. That’s the myth.
For some, memories of cane poles, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and fishing along a creek or on the banks of a river may be the only real link to bamboo. Yes, those cane poles were native North American bamboo. Canebreak rattlers, the common name for a species of rattlesnake commonly found in North American canebreak bamboo, may bring forth the vision of danger, or the excitement of the unknown.
The truth is bamboo is a grass. It grows from river valleys to the top of mountains up to 9,000 ft elevation. There are over 1,200 species of bamboo worldwide. There is only one species, and one subspecies, native to the United States.
Around the world, bamboo is used for building shelters, for food, furniture, tools, toys, crafts, as wind breaks, to stabilize soil erosion, as food for pandas, as fiber for clothing and bedding, and as an ornamental. Some species of bamboo exceed 100 ft in height, while others are only about 6 to 12 inches tall. Bamboo is used as a ground cover, as hedges, as windbreaks, or as a potted plant on patios.
Come to the Bamboo workshop on 10 June 2006 and learn how you can grow, use, and enjoy bamboo. The workshop will be an all-day affair. The morning session will present Bamboo 101
What is bamboo?
How do you grow it?
How do you dig and transplant it?
How do you use it in landscaping?
How much water does it need? Can it be grown in a xeric landscape?
How fast does it grow? How does it spread?
How do you keep it from spreading?
What happens when you mow it?
When does it become hard and “woody”?
How do you cut it?
How do you dry it?
Where do you get it?
An attempt will be made by the Bamboo Guru (Mr. Kinder Chambers) and other instructors to answer all of your questions. Landscaper, Margie Krebs-Jespersen, will be available to share her experience of culturing bamboo in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Nick Parker, with Global Scientific, Inc. and High Plains Bamboo and Koi will share his experiences of bamboo culture in Lubbock, TX. He will also share information on the global status of bamboo, the drive to establish it as a fiber crop and the progress of tissue culture for propagation of bamboo.
Lunch will be served to all attendees and, in the afternoon, we will drive north of Alamosa, CO to Colorado Gators (http://www.gatorfarm.com). There, you’ll see not only gators, reptiles, birds and other creatures, but also over 75 species of bamboo. You’ll see how to dig, transport, pot and plant bamboo.
While in the San Luis Valley you may wish to visit the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, as well as other great attractions of the Valley.
Registration for the Bamboo workshop is $75 per person, paid in advance by 1 June and $100 at the door on 10 June. Capacity is limited. Please register early.
Registration Form:
Name: _________________________________________________________
Street Address: _________________________________________________________
City: _________________________________________________________
State: _________________________________________________________
Phone: _________________________________________________________
Cell Phone: _________________________________________________________
Email: _________________________________________________________
Number of attendees ______ @ $75 each = __________
Send registration form and check made payable to:
Colorado Gators
9162 County Rd 9 North
Mosca, CO 81146
or register by phone with credit card by calling Colorado Gators at 719-378-2612. For more information, call Erwin Young at 719-378-2050 or send email here ( lynne@gatorfarm.com)
What: Bamboo 101 Workshop - Learn How to Propagate & Identify Bamboo
Where: Adams State College - Student Union Building - Room 142
First & Stadium Drive, Alamosa, CO 81102
When: June 10, 2006 8:30 am
Who: Everyone interested in any phase of the
United States bamboo industry
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press release:
On 10 June 2006, a Bamboo workshop hosted by SLV Resource, Conservation & Development and Colorado Gators will be held at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado. The goal of the workshop is to share with the participants the myth, the legend, and the truth of Bamboo.
Bamboo is mystical; it’s exotic; it’s strange; it’s foreign. It’ll take over the world! It starts running, spreading and you can’t stop it. That’s the myth.
For some, memories of cane poles, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and fishing along a creek or on the banks of a river may be the only real link to bamboo. Yes, those cane poles were native North American bamboo. Canebreak rattlers, the common name for a species of rattlesnake commonly found in North American canebreak bamboo, may bring forth the vision of danger, or the excitement of the unknown.
The truth is bamboo is a grass. It grows from river valleys to the top of mountains up to 9,000 ft elevation. There are over 1,200 species of bamboo worldwide. There is only one species, and one subspecies, native to the United States.
Around the world, bamboo is used for building shelters, for food, furniture, tools, toys, crafts, as wind breaks, to stabilize soil erosion, as food for pandas, as fiber for clothing and bedding, and as an ornamental. Some species of bamboo exceed 100 ft in height, while others are only about 6 to 12 inches tall. Bamboo is used as a ground cover, as hedges, as windbreaks, or as a potted plant on patios.
Come to the Bamboo workshop on 10 June 2006 and learn how you can grow, use, and enjoy bamboo. The workshop will be an all-day affair. The morning session will present Bamboo 101
What is bamboo?
How do you grow it?
How do you dig and transplant it?
How do you use it in landscaping?
How much water does it need? Can it be grown in a xeric landscape?
How fast does it grow? How does it spread?
How do you keep it from spreading?
What happens when you mow it?
When does it become hard and “woody”?
How do you cut it?
How do you dry it?
Where do you get it?
An attempt will be made by the Bamboo Guru (Mr. Kinder Chambers) and other instructors to answer all of your questions. Landscaper, Margie Krebs-Jespersen, will be available to share her experience of culturing bamboo in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Nick Parker, with Global Scientific, Inc. and High Plains Bamboo and Koi will share his experiences of bamboo culture in Lubbock, TX. He will also share information on the global status of bamboo, the drive to establish it as a fiber crop and the progress of tissue culture for propagation of bamboo.
Lunch will be served to all attendees and, in the afternoon, we will drive north of Alamosa, CO to Colorado Gators (http://www.gatorfarm.com). There, you’ll see not only gators, reptiles, birds and other creatures, but also over 75 species of bamboo. You’ll see how to dig, transport, pot and plant bamboo.
While in the San Luis Valley you may wish to visit the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, as well as other great attractions of the Valley.
Registration for the Bamboo workshop is $75 per person, paid in advance by 1 June and $100 at the door on 10 June. Capacity is limited. Please register early.
Registration Form:
Name: _________________________________________________________
Street Address: _________________________________________________________
City: _________________________________________________________
State: _________________________________________________________
Phone: _________________________________________________________
Cell Phone: _________________________________________________________
Email: _________________________________________________________
Number of attendees ______ @ $75 each = __________
Send registration form and check made payable to:
Colorado Gators
9162 County Rd 9 North
Mosca, CO 81146
or register by phone with credit card by calling Colorado Gators at 719-378-2612. For more information, call Erwin Young at 719-378-2050 or send email here ( lynne@gatorfarm.com)
What: Bamboo 101 Workshop - Learn How to Propagate & Identify Bamboo
Where: Adams State College - Student Union Building - Room 142
First & Stadium Drive, Alamosa, CO 81102
When: June 10, 2006 8:30 am
Who: Everyone interested in any phase of the
United States bamboo industry
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